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Introduction

Issues on Wildlife, Wildwater, and Wildlands

2012-10-22 A Stay of Execution in the Castle - But for How Long?

In an article from Saturday, the Calgary Herald explores the recent AESRD decision to halt future logging in the Castle pending the outcome of the South Saskatchewan Regional Land Use Plan. With this article is included a 5 minute video taken in the Castle recently highlighting some of the natural beauty and majesty of this area, as well as many of the threats under which it finds itself. If you've never been lucky enough to visit the Castle yourself, we recommend you take a few minutes out of your day to watch it and connect with this Special Place that Alberta is at such risk of losing.

2011-02-16 Sheep River Winter Hike

Alberta Wilderness Association winter hike in the Sheep River Valley, southern Alberta. Produced by Joe Stephenson for Shaw TV.

2010-04-22 Affecting You - Grizzly Bears

Controversy stemmed from an interview Alberta Sustainable Resource Minister Mel Knight gave. The Alberta Wilderness Association wrote an open letter titled: Alberta Government Can't Afford to Protect Grizzly Bears. Camara spoke with Nigel Douglas from Alberta Wilderness about this issue.

2010-03-12 CBC Homestretch: No More Grizzlies

CBC: The Homestretch with David Gray

2010-02-23 Bears, Bears, Bears

Suzy Hamilton talks to the Alberta Wilderness Association about Alberta's suspension of the grizzly hunt, then turns to Kaslo bear biologist Michael Proctor about banning the hunt here and closes with an interview with Raincoast Conservation Foundation Executive Director Chris Genovali regarding their efforts to ban the grizzly hunt in BC.

2009-12-18 Grizzly Bears Hate Nature (PSA)

YouTube satirical video to promote the website: No More Grizzlies dot com

2009-12-18 Grizzly Bears Hate Humans (PSA)

YouTube satirical video to promote the website: No More Grizzlies dot com

2009-12 How Many Bears Do You See?

Produced by Gillian Rutherford with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Nature Stories Podcast, the controversy over the number of grizzly bears in Alberta, Canada. (Duration: 19:15 - Source: http://podcast.prx.org/nature)

2009-09-21 CBC Wild Rose: Bear Necessities

Feature Interview by CBC - Donna McElligott Cliff Wallis, of the Alberta Wilderness Association, says the province must investigate and lay charges in the case of the Conklin bears, shot because they were habituated at the local garbage dump.

2009-04 The Walled City

by Tamara Meparishvili - Youth Animation Project With the support of the Alberta Wilderness Association

2008-10 Save the Alberta Grizzly

by Jonathon Sheffield - Youth Animation Project With the support of the Alberta Wilderness Association

2008-10 Help Save Suffield

The Middle Sand Hills Area of Concern lies forty miles north of the city of Medicine Hat, to the west of the South Saskatchewan River, and to the south of the Red Deer River. It is approximately 2480 square kilometers in size. Relatively untouched until recent years, the near-native conditions in the Middle Sand Hills area are reminiscent of the Great Plains as they once were. The extensive mixed grasslands, sand hills, coulees and wetlands that comprise the Middle Sand Hills Area of Concern are home to 1,100 native prairie species, including 13 federal Species at Risk and 78 provincially listed at risk species.

2008-07-26 From Wetland to Wasteland

A video by Tylor Pavlik about the potential fate of the McClelland Lake Watershed - http://www.albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlands

2008-07-13 The Promised Land: Protecting the Bighorn Wildland

Parts 1 and 2 - A presentation on the benefits of preserving the Bighorn Wildland on the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, against inroads by oil and gas interests and by forestry companies. Includes interviews by: Nigel Douglas, Dorothy Dickson, Vivian Pharis, J.W. Campbell, Jim Butler, Alan Ernst, Ben Gadd, Brian Horejsi and David Schindler. (Note: The original video has been divided into two parts to accomodate the duration restrictions on YouTube media)